Clasp



(No Model.)

B. H. BBDELL.

GLASP. No. 350,228.

I Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

N. PETERS. Phmvljlhugnpher, Washinglon. 11C.

UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN n. EEDELL, oE LE EoY, LAKE COUNTY, oHIo.'

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,228, dated October5V, 1886.

Application tiled May 25, 1886. Serial No. 203,206.

' aid of suspender-buttons, and for other similar purposes, and itconsists in certain features of construction, and in combination ofparts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

ln ,the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View in perspective showingmy improved clasp in position connecting the 'suspender' with thepantaloons. Fig. 2 is an enlarged I'ront elevation ot` the clasp'. Figs.3 and 4 are elevations in ser-tion on the line ot' a: x, Fig. 2,showing, respectively, the clasp closed and open.

The clasp is made of two thin metal plates, A and B, each provided withears, respectively,a and b, that project substantially at right anglesto the respective plates, and are pivoted together at e. substantiallyliat, and has openings A and A2, the latter leaving the upper part ofthe plate in the form of a bail. I he plate B below corresponds with theplaie A, but above isreduced in width, forming a tongue that is bentforward and made to pass through the opening A2. The tongue has a part,b', inclined slightly to the plane ofthe plate B, and'is oft set forwardat b2, and from the offset terminates in a thumb-piece, b3, the latteroverlapping the cross-piece c at the top of the bail portion of theplate A. The lower part or jaws of each plate are indented from theoutside, respectively, at c, causing small projections or teeth on theinside that prevent the jaws from slipping on theV cloth. A ring, D,

' is placed in position, as shown, between the The front plate, A, isl

(No model.)

bail and tongue before the plates are secured on the' pivotal wire.' Theoffset portion b2 of the tongue has notches b4. on either side forengaging the ring D. When the ring is near the pivot-al point, as shownin Fig. 4, the jaws may be opened some. distance, and in such positionmay be placed astride the cloth,or a portion of the garment that is tobe held, after which, by drawing the ring upward, and by means oi' theincline b and the arrangement of parts shown, the jaws are pressedtogether. When the ring engages the notches b4.' as shown in Figs. 2 and3, the jaws are locked and held securely in position grasping thegarment. By pressing down on the ring, the tongue loe-` ing` elastic,the jaws are unlocked and may be separated, as 1n Fig. 4.-

The ring D is designed to engagea hook, such as commonly had onsuspender-buckles.

In removing the garmentv the ring is unhooked and the clasp leftattached to the garment. The unhooking of the ring is more easily donethan unlouttoning Suspenders in the usual manner.

rI he clasps are so small that they vmay be conveniently carried in thepocket, and in case Suspenders are used and one is '"lost off a claspcan be applied in a few moments.

The clasp is recommended especially to bachelors.

In a clasp, the combination, withrplates p ivoted together and adaptedto grasp and hold the material, one of said plates having a bailintegral therewith, and the other plate having a tongue inclined andoffset, as shown, and

extending through the opening in the bail, of the ring operating betweenthe tongue and bail, substantially as set torth.

In testimony whereofl l sign this specication, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 20th day of May, 1886. Y

BENJAMIN H. BEDELL.

' Witnesses:

GEO. BLAoKMoRE, F. H. BROWN.

